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When do diaper changes get easier again?

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Bubblebaths wrote:

My daughter is 9 months old and suddenly acts like diaper changes/getting dressed is a form of torture. It's like wrestling an alligator. She screams and squirms and tries to crawl away. Half of the time she succeeds in escaping then immediately pees on the carpet lol. Our Velcro pockets are getting heavy rotation at the moment since I'm not very good at snapping snaps while she's in motion.

Is this a normal phase? When does it get better? I have a bunch of nice fitted diapers I can't use right now and should maybe sell. The two step process of a fitted and a cover just isn't happening for us.

We're going through the same thing at 6 months know. You have like 5 seconds to get the diaper on, but after that she's a human corkscrew lol. She immediately wants to flip to her tummy, yet screams during tummy time... Sometimes I may get some extra time if I have a toy to distract with.

I am quick to hand a squirming baby a phone during a diaper change. I don't care if they call China, throw it on the floor or buy half of amazon if it keeps them occupied. My first quickly outgrew that phase but my second is still squirmy when we do anything that involves clothes and she's 3 1/2.

My 22 month old still fights changes, although he's gotten a little better now that he has a baby sister who gets diaper changes too. He wants the same treatment as her so occasionally he'll request a diaper change lol!

I've tried every toy/object under the sun, including all the fun stuff she isn't usually allowed to play with. She just takes it with her when she twists and tries to crawl away. She isn't interested in singing or silly faces, either.

Sounds like the consensus is that I should sell those fitteds since I won't be using them anytime soon.

Actually at that age I went back to on top of the dresser changing. He couldn't get away and did that until recently when he out grew the mat. The floor or bed were a night mare. But the dresser he was better because there was no where to go.

Ditto^ even though hes ridiculously big for it, i still use the changing table- least distractions there.

And the guided access on your phone is a must!!! I bookmark a youtube chanel for whatever nickjr cartoon hes interested in at the moment on my home screen, click on it on our way up the steps, triple click for guided access, and itll get about 120 seconds of his undivided attention for me to hurry and change him before my phone hits the floor!

Mine just recently started wanting to lay on the floor instead but he's quite still (he's almost 3) but really he's potty trained except for sleep at the moment (but this is new in like the last 2 weeks)

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